Christmas came and went...

I had not had time to update the blog since Christmas. I had a wonderful Christmas. We had Christmas at my dad's on Christmas morning. I had to work so we were not able to make it to my moms until Saturday morning. I got lost of great gifts. My mom and step dad surprised us and got all of us kids a Wii! My first thought was how excited Phil will be that we finally have a Wii. Before he left we always wanted to go buy one and play on Sunday's (which was our "date day") but we never did. So now when he gets home we will have to make time for him and I to play, maybe when Payton is sleeping, haha. It was so much fun watching my niece open all of her gifts. We all kept saying how next year I will have an 8 month old at Christmas. I know Payton won't understand or get too excited about the gifts but one thing I know is that Parker will be right there helping her little cousin out! After this year she is a pro! My Aunt B gave Payton her "1st Christmas gift" unborn. She isn't even here and yet she is already spoiled. Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!!! Here is a picture of me at 22 weeks!!

Another checkup...

Today I am 21 weeks and 2 days along. Over halfway through. I had a doctor appointment today. I got to hear Miss Payton's heartbeat and little kicks on the Doppler. It was nice to hear. As she gets a little bigger those kicks will get stronger. The doctor said everything sounded great. I go back in 4 weeks to do my glucose testing. After that appointment I will be going every two weeks. She agreed to induce me April 28, 2009. So this is when we will get to meet our little miracle, unless she of course decides to bless us with her presence before then. Only four more months to go, I know that it will be here before I know it. I have lots to do to get ready for her!!

You would have thought it was Christmas...

Today my sister and Parker came over to see me. A friend of mine from work had given me boxes of clothes for Payton. So as I was going through the clothes Parker would come over to me and say "dah dah" and grab a piece of clothing that I was stacking nicely. Then if it wasn't the piece of clothing she wanted she would wine. So I would then grab the one she wanted and give it to her, and of course if you have ever read my sister's blog you would know that she loves putting things on her head and around her neck. I don't have any pictures of that part of the show because I didn't have my camera handy. After getting my camera this is what she decided to do with the clothes. She entertained herself for a good 30 min and made me and Marla laugh.

Here is the whole stack of clothes for Payton that was given to me..



This is when she only had a few dragged out..

She would bring some back to me to exchange for others...

She would lay in a pile of clothes and kick and make cute baby sounds...



Here is the one where she started to tear the pile down..


Then she continued to play in the floor with all the clothes...



And I think she is getting tired.....

She makes me smile...

Our little girl makes me smile! I feel her moving all the time now. She likes to kick mommy! But I am loving every minute of it. I look forward to waking up everyday just so that I can feel her move. It's like I just sit still waiting to feel her. It is the most amazing thing!! I went to Northpark Mall today with my sister and friend Kelli. We took Jackson and Garrett (Kelli's boys) and Parker (my niece) to see Santa! We were talking about how next year when we go Payton will be 8 months and she will get to take her picture with Santa!! Since Payton couldn't be there as herself (she was there in me) my sister took this picture of me today at the mall. 20 weeks & 2days pregnant.

She has a name...

We have named our little girl. Her name will be Payton Ann. I love this name. At first Phil wasn't too sure but it has grown on him. So today we decided that this will be her name! Payton isn't named after anyone. But a couple of years ago when my sister was trying to decide on a name for my niece every time I made my suggestion I would say "how bout Payton" no matter how many times they told me no I always came back to that name. So I guess now I am glad they didn't use that name, haha. Ann is my mother's middle name. So that is where we got that name. My niece's middle name is also Ann after my mom. So now we will have a Parker Ann and a Payton Ann. I am excited that we can now call her by her name!! Here is a picture that my  mom took of me last night at 19 weeks and 2 days. 

It's a Girl!!!!!

Well it is now confirmed we are having a little girl! The sonogram lasted 10 minutes. I have the whole thing on the video. I will have to post it later. She is 11oz and about 6 inches long. Her heart rate was 156. She was moving all over the place. It was the coolest thing I have ever seen. They looked at everything, and when I say everything I mean everything. From the brain, eyes, nose, mouth,heart, arms, fingers, legs, spine. I am sure I am leaving out something! Everything looks the way that it is supposed to at this point. I am really blessed that everything looks good. They asked me if I wanted to know the sex, I of course said yes. She told me it was a girl, but that she would let the doctor confirm that once he came in to see me. So he came in and told me that it was absolutely a girl. He said everything looks AWESOME!! Which made me happy when I heard him say that. These are the two sono pictures that they gave me. I asked if she could give me a picture of the whole baby, she said well this is as good of a picture as I can get since the baby is positioned funny. But she is definitely looking towards us when she snapped the picture. You can see her face, kind of looks like a skeleton. You can see her eyes and her mouth! Enjoy!!

Less than a day left...

I have less than 24 hours until I hopefully find out what this little one is! I have heard so many stories lately about babies not being in the right position to be able to see what the sex is. So let's hope this one is cooperative. This sonogram is going to be a lengthy one. They will let me know if the baby is developing properly. They look at the brain, the 4 chambers of the heart, and many more things. I am anxious to hear and learn all of the information. It is just a plus that they can tell me the sex! Last week I started the scrapbook for the baby. This way I can tell the baby things that I am feeling now before I ever get to meet her/him. I have only done one page so far, but that one page took me a whole evening to do. I am getting very excited and you will hear from me in the morning!

My next appointment...

Just wanted to remind everyone that my appointment is still set for Monday December 8th @ 9:30 A.M. We made this appointment back when Phil was in town. Seems like forever ago. My mom and sister are going to the appointment with me. I am getting really excited! I will let you know after I talk to Phil and tell him the exciting news!